MMP1 Setup Guide Version 1.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 4 2. System Configuration and Channel Planning .............................................................. 5 2-1. Connecting Diagram ................................................................................................ 6 2-2. Signal Flow Chart .....................................................................................................
History April 2018, version 1.
1. Introduction This guide explains how to build an audio monitoring system using Yamaha MMP1, a studio monitor management system, and how to install and configure each required/related equipment and software.
2. System Configuration and Channel Planning This guide will use the following system example of a studio for recording and editing 5.1 surround sound. Surround Studio (5.1ch) A full 5.1 channel speaker system is provided in the control room in addition to two pairs of stereo monitors (near-field and small). Separate talkback microphones are provided for the engineer and director. Three cue feeds are provided for the recording.
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2-2. Signal Flow Chart Below is a diagram which illustrates the signal flow of this example, in other words, how the input signals go through each device to the DAW for recording, and how the DAW playback signals go out to the speakers and headphones. In order to easily make the channel planning, refer to the following flow chart.
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Nuage I/O Analog Input 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Output Left Right Center LFE Ls Rs Large L Large R Small L Small R Studio Speaker L Studio Speaker R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Output (to MMP1) Dialog L Dialog R Dialog C Dialog LFE Dialog Ls Dialog Rs Music L Music R Music C Music LFE Music Ls Music Rs Sound Effects L Sound Effects R Sound Effects C Sound Effects LFE Sound Effects Ls Sound Effects Rs Cue 1 L Cue 1 R Cue 2 L Cue 2 R Cue 3 L Cue 3 R Dante Input (from
3. Used Equipment List The main devices used in this guide are as follows: 1. Yamaha MMP1 2. Dante audio interface (Yamaha Nuage I/O) 3. Dante PCIe card (Yamaha Dante Accelerator) 4. Monitor speakers (3 sets x Yamaha HS series) and a subwoofer (HS8S) 5. Mic preamp (Yamaha MLA8) 6. Network switch (Yamaha SWP1) 7. Cough box 8. 4x headphone amp (3 for Cue, 1 for Control Room) 9. VU meter 10. Main computer (computer for DAW) 11. Sub computer (computer for configuration software) 12.
[Yamaha MMP1] 2. Dante Audio Interface(Yamaha NUAGE I/O) http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/daw_systems/nuage/lineup.jsp Nuage I/O expands the number of analog/ digital input and output channels. There are three product lineup for Nuage I/O, and they are A16 (analog 16 in/ 16 out), D16 (digital 16 in/ 16 out) and A8D8 (analog 8 in/ 8 out + digital 8 in/ 8 out) that you can choose from depending on the channel count requirement. This example will use an A16 as required.
3. Dante PCIe card (Yamaha Dante Accelerator) http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/gobal/en/products/daw_systems/nuage/lineup.jsp Dante Accelerator (product name is AIC128-D) is a PCIe card which handles the Dante audio data on a hardware basis, with up to 128 in/ 128 out channel capacity (@96kHz). [Yamaha Dante Accelerator] 4. Monitor speakers (Yamaha HS powered speakers, 5.1ch surround + 2x stereo pair) http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/japan/ja/products/speakers/hsseries/ This example uses a 5.
5. 8-channel mic preamp (Yamaha MLA8) http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/interfaces/mla8/ Since MMP1 does not have built-in mic preamp, you will need to have a mic preamp when handling microphone signals (including talkback mic). This example uses Yamaha MLA8, an 8-channel mic preamp). [Yamaha MLA8] 6. Yamaha SWP1 (network switch) http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/interfaces/swp1/index.
[Cough box (image courtesy of ICONIC Co., LTD.)] 8. Headphone amp With MMP1, you can flexibly assign any analog, digital or Dante channel for headphone output. We will substitute headphone amps for Cue boxes, because each Cue mix is created on the DAW and each performer simply hears their stereo Cue mix while they are performing.
9. VU Meter 6 or more metering channels will be needed for monitoring 5.1 channels. [VU Meter (image courtesy of Current, Inc.)] 10. Main Computer (Computer for DAW) [Workstation for DAW (image courtesy of HP] For running a DAW software, prepare a Windows PC or a Mac.
11. Sub Computer (computer for system configurations) Prepare another computer for configuring the system by using MMP1 Editor, Dante Controller (explained later) and so on. One computer (as described in 10.) can handle these configurations, however, if you are concerned about the performance of DAW, use a separate computer. [Laptop PC (image courtesy of Apple Inc.)] 12. Apple iPad Use an iPad for MMP1 Controller.
13. Wifi Access Point (for wireless connection) A Wifi access point will be required for connecting iPad and MMP1 wirelessly. In this example, we will use Apple AirMac Extreme (for compatibility reasons) in Bridge mode. Connect the access point to the network switch. [Wifi Access Point (image courtesy of Apple Inc.)] 14. Microphones In this example, we will use 4 condenser microphones for recording narrations, and 2 more microphones for talkback.
15. External DC Power Supply for MMP1 In case of a power problem for built-in AC power supply, an external AC adapter to DC12V as the backup power supply. In this example, we will use IDX’s IA-60A which we have tested for this purpose. MMP1 has [MAIN] and [BACKUP] power buttons on the front panel, and they can be independently switched on/off.
4. System Installations 4-1. Installing MMP1 & Nuage I/O units First, connect MMP1, Nuage I/O and Dante Accelerator to the network switch. UNIT ID Configuration In case of using more than one MMP1 or Nuage I/O unit, assign a unique ID number to each unit from 1 - 8. For assigning UNIT ID, simply rotate the rotary switch on the rear panel. [UNIT ID on MMP1] [UNIT ID on Nuage I/O] Connecting LAN cables For most LAN connections, use CAT5e or CAT6 cables.
1. Redundant mode (Primary port only) [Connect I/O devices and switch (Primary port only)] 2. Redundant mode (Primary/Secondary connections) [Connect I/O devices and switch (Primary/Secondary ports)] 3.
Applying external DC power unit When connecting a backup power supply to MMP1, connect it to “BACK DC INPUT” on the back side of the unit.
4-2. Connecting iPad Next, connect iPad to the network. There are 2 ways to connect them. One is done by using a Wi-Fi access point, and the other is by using LAN cables. This time, we will use the Wifi connection. For doing so, first connect a LAN port (not the WAN port at the bottom) of the access point to the switch. [Wifi Access Point LAN port] For connecting iPad to the switch wired, there will be 2 adaptors needed.
4-3. Connecting audio cables This example requires the following audio cables: 1. A D-sub cable (D-sub 25pin Male – D-sub 25pin Male) 2. 3x Breakout cables (D-sub 25pin Male – 8x XLR Male) 3. An AES/EBU cable (D-sub 25pin Male – D-sub 25pin Male) 4. 26x XLR cables (6 for microphones, 10 for speakers, 6 for Cues, 2 for Studio Speakers and 2 for headphone amp) 1. For connecting MLA8 outputs and MMP1 analog inputs, use a 25-pin D-sub cable. [D-sub 25pin cable (Male-Male) 2.
[D-sub-XLR Breakout Cable] Connect each analog input and output device by using breakout cables. For connecting microphones and other mic-level devices, use MLA8 or mic preamp. 3.
[CSP258 Rear Panel (image)] Please note that the pin assignment of MMP1 AES/EBU connector and the BALANCED I/O connector of CSP258 is different so refer to the following chart and prepare a custom cable. Pin # MMP1 CSP258 1 IN 1/2 + IN 1/2 + 2 IN 3/4 + IN 1/2 GND 3 IN 5/6 + IN 3/4 - 4 IN 7/8 + IN 5/6 + 5 OUT 1/2 + IN 5/6 GND 6 OUT 3/4 + IN 7/8 - 7 OUT 5/6 + OUT 1/2 + 8 OUT 7/8 + OUT 1/2 GND 9 N.O. OUT 3/4 - 10 GND OUT 5/6 + 11 N.O.
4. Connect each stereo cue output pair as well as the headphone outputs for Control Room to headphone amp analog inputs. [Connecting Headphone Amp] Connecting Cough box Cough box and MMP1 are connected via GPI connectors.
REFERENCE: This connection example requires custom cables for connecting MMP1 and the cough main unit AB-1B. Below is a diagram of the pin assignment for each connector.
Go to Settings – Global – GPI window of MMP1 Editor, and assign “Cough Mute–1-High” to GPI I In – 1, and “CH Strip RTB-1-Low” to 2 respectively. For GPI Out – 1, choose “Cough Status-1-Make”. [Settings – Global – GPI] Next, go to Settings – Editor and check channel 1 in “Show Cough Status”.
And the Editor and the cough box will interact depending on each operation.
Show the RTB status on MMP1 Editor or MMP1 Controller so that that status is also visible on the Control Room side. Go to Settings-User Assignable of MMP1 Editor, and create a button and assign RTB Status to it. [Create a RTB status button] Now the status of RTB on both the cough box and MMP1 Editor will interact.
[RTB is OFF] Note: When “Cough Mute Override” is turned on via GPI or User Assignable button, the operation from the cough box is defeated and the orange icon below will appear on the Editor Channel Strip.
5. Installing software, drivers, apps and updating firmware For the latest software and driver, please refer to the following page: http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/processors/mmp1/downloads.jsp Listed below are the related program to be installed or updated: 1. Install MMP1 Editor 2. MMP1 firmware 3. Dante Controller 4. MMP1 Controller 5. Nuage Workgroup Manager (for Nuage I/O) 6. Dante Accelerator driver 5-1.
Choose the Win/Mac version of MMP1 Editor. Click on “I agree to the license agreement and download the software now.” Installation will begin. When finished downloading, double clock on the downloaded file and the file will be extracted.
[MMP1 Editor Installer] Double click on MMP1 Editor V1.0.0.pkg and the installation will begin. [MMP1 Editor Installer] Click on “Continue”.
Click on “Continue”. Click on “Agree” to accept the software license agreement.
Click on “Install”. Type the user name and password, and then click on “Install Software”.
Installation will finish automatically. Click on “Close” to close the installer. MMP1 Editor is now installed in the Application folder.
5-2. Updating MMP1 Firmware Latest firmware for MMP1 will be downloadable from the link above (Note, as of April 2018, there is no downloadable firmware available on the website). The firmware update can be performed from MMP1 Editor. First, make MMP1 and MMP1 Editor online, and go to Information page of MMP1 Editor. [MMP1 Editor – Information] Check the version number in Version field, and if needed, click on “Update”.
File dialog will open to choose the firmware, so click on the downloaded firmware, and click on “Open”. Then the firmware update will begin automatically. Please do not turn of the power of the equipment until the update is finished, to avoid any accidental failure of the update process or possible damage to the equipment. 5-3. Installing Dante Controller Dante Controller can be downloaded from Audinate website: https://www.audinate.com/products/software/dante-controller?lang=en (Registration required).
Choose your OS in “Choose your operating system:” [Audinate website] When any OS is selected, appropriate version of Dante Controller will be shown. Click on the button and download the installer (this time, Mac OSX10.
You will be asked if you have an account and. If so, click on “I have an account” and if not, click on “I need to create an account” and have one with Audinate. Type your email address or username and password, and click on “Log in”.
If you are successfully logged in, the installer can be downloaded. Click on the fine name and download the installer. When the download is finished, double click on the file and then double click on “DanteController.
Click on “Continue”. Similarly, click on “Continue”.
Click on “Agree”. Click on “Install” and the installation will begin automatically.
Type user name, password and click on “Install Software”. When completed, click on “Close” to finish the installer.
Click on “Move to Trash” 5-4.
[Apple App Store] Type “mmp1” in the search box and it will auto-complete as “mmp1 controller”, so tap on it.
Tap on “GET” button, and then “INSTALL” button to complete the installation.
5-5. Installing Nuage Workgroup Manager Nuage Workgroup Manager is a tool contained in a software for Nuage called “TOOLS for NUAGE”. TOOLS for NUAGE can be downloaded from the following website: http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/downloads/firmware_software/nuage_utilities/ Click on “TOOLS for NUAGE V2.0.0 for Mac macOS 10.13-OSX10.10 Click on “I agree to the license agreement and download the software now.
Double click in the downloaded file, and then double click “TOOLS for NUAGE V2.0.0.pkg” Click on “Continue”.
Click on “Continue” Click on “Agree” 51
Check only “NUAGE Workgroup Manager” and click on “Continue”. Click on “Install”.
Type user name and password, and then click on “Install Software”. TOOLS for NUAGE is now installed. Click “Close” and go to the next installation, which is for Dante Infrastructure.
Click on “Continue”. Click on “Continue”.
Click on “Agree” to accept the software license agreement. Click on “Install”.
Type user name, password, and click on “Install Software”. Installation of Dante Infrastructure is now finished. Click on “Close” and finish the installer.
5-6. Installing Dante Accelerator driver Dante accelerator driver can be downloaded from the following website: http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/interfaces/dante_accelerator/download s.jsp Click on “Dante Accelerator Driver V2.5.2 for Mac OS 10.13-10.9”. Click on “I agree to the license agreement and download the software now.
Double click the downloaded file, and then double click “yaic128-d_2.5.2.pkg”. Click on “Continue”.
Click on “Continue”. Click on “Agree”.
Click on “Install”. Click on “Continue Installation” (as installing this driver requires rebooting the computer after the installation).
Type user name, password and click on “Install software”. Click “Restart” and the installation will be completed. After rebooting the computer, Dante Accelerator will become available.
6. Configuring and running each program 6-1. Configuring Dante Patching Audio signals between MMP1, Nuage I/O and PC are routed through Dante audio network. Configuration of Dante audio network can be done by using the Dante Controller. Below is the Dante patching required for this example: 1. Patch Dante output 1-12 of MMP1 to Dante input channel 1-12 of Nuage I/O (Large + Small + Studio Speakers + 3x Cue).
The initial device name of each Dante device can be renamed. Double click on the device name on the grid or choose “Device View” in the Device menu, and Device View window will open. Go to “Device Config” page and you can change the device name. [Dante Controller – Rename Device] 2. Patch Dante output 1-24 of Dante Accelerator to Dante input 1-24 of MMP1 (3x 5.
3. Patch Dante output 13-16 of MMP1 to Dante Input 1-4 of Dante Accelerator (microphone inputs to record onto DAW) [Patch MMP1 to Dante Accelerator] 6-2. Configuring MMP1 Editor Next, run and configure MMP1 Editor offline by using Setup Wizard. Since Setup Wizard guides you though a basic setup procedure with mouse clicking and keyboard typing, you may need to make additional settings manually after Setup Wizard is completed.
The following confirmation dialog will show up so click on “YES”(If any change has been made before selecting “New”, “Do you want to save?” will be asked).
Choose “5.1” as Speaker Format, and click on “Next >” [Setup Wizard – Sample Rate/Speaker Format Settings] “5.1” or other multi-channel formats can be selected only when using Setup Wizard. If chosen in Setup Wizard, speaker-shaped mute buttons are available in the Controller View of MMP1 Controller.
Turn “Bass Management” on and click on “Next >”.
Next, configure the monitor sources to monitor on MMP1 (these are the ones to be shown as the monitor source on MMP1 Editor or MMP1 Controller. Labels can be multi-line) In this example, there are three 5.1 “stems” as the monitor source and those are Dialog, Music and Sound Effects. Choose the first Dante channel of each source and type the label. Click “Next >”.
Next, configure the speaker sets and, in this example, assign the 5.1 channel speakers as A, Large stereo as B, and Small stereo as C. Choose the first channel of each speaker set as Destination (Only “A” is in multi-channel format when using Setup Wizard. If multi-channel format is preferred for B,C or D, make additional changes manually after Setup Wizard is completed).
In the next page, we will configure the 3 stereo Cue inputs and outputs (those Cue mixes come from DAW, and they are routed through MMP1 to each Cue). Choose “Stereo” as Format, and choose the first Dante channel of each Cue, and then choose the first Dante channels of MMP1 for each Cue as Destination.
Next, we will configure the talkback microphones. Even though we are using 2 talkback microphones in this example, Setup Wizard allows us to assign only one microphone, so choose the channel for the first talkback and go to next.
Now Setup Wizard is being completed. Make sure all the settings are correct and, if so, click on Finish button and close the Setup Wizard. If you look at the Main window of MMP1 Editor, you will see some buttons such as those for speaker select and talkback created on the screen. [Setup Wizard - completed] From here, we are going to manually make additional settings.
Assign the second talkback microphone First, we will set up the second talkback microphone. Go to Patch – Input Patch, and choose the channel for the second talkback microphone (in this example, choose “Analog In 6”). [Patch – Input Patch] In MMP1, there are 2 busses for talkback and those busses can be turned on/off independently. Also, there are 4 areas in Talkback Mic In section that are「1-1」,「1-2」, 「2-1」 and 「2-2」. This means that 2 talkback microphones can be assigned to each bus (“1-x” and “2-x”).
Configure the Studio Speakers Next, manually configure the studio speakers. Since any Studio Speaker is not configured, go to Settings – Monitor Matrix and choose “2” for “Studio Speaker 1” so a stereo Studio Speaker output is created. 【Settings – Monitor Matrix】 Studio Speaker outputs are used to automatically mute themselves when Cough Mute is turned on. If you do not use this function, you don’t need to create Studio Speaker outputs. Next, go to Patch – Output Patch.
[Patch – Output Patch] Assign the headphone outputs Since Setup Wizard has not configured the headphone monitoring for Control Room, we will assign it manually. Go to Patch – Output Patch and assign “Headphone Out L” and “Headphone Out R” to Analog Source 7 and 8 respectively.
Configure Talkback Destination Next, we will configure the Talkback Destinations. Talkback Destination is a kind of router for talkback, and you can choose whether or not you route each talkback microphone to each Cue, Studio Speaker and Aux bus. You can program up to 8 destination settings and assign them to User Assignable buttons. This time we will make the following 8 destinations: Talkback Destinations 1. Talkback 1 (Mic 1) to Cue 1 2. Talkback 1 (Mic 1) to Cue 2 3. Talkback 1 (Mic 1) to Cue 3 4.
Go to Settings – User Assignable of MMP1 Editor. [Settings – User Assignable] Click on “01” of Label row, the label of the User Assignable button 01 can be changed. Type “TB1->Cue1”, hit Return (Enter) key and that label will appear on the button. [User Assignable – Label] Click on the color area and you will see the 16-color palette to choose button color from.
Choose “Talkback Destination” as Function, and “1” (#1 out of 8 Talkback Destinations) as Parameter respectively. [User Assignable – Function/Parameter] Considering the color and position of each button, configure other User Assignable buttons. When configured, check those buttons in the Main window.
Assign VU Meter channels Next, we will configure the AES/EBU channels for the VU meter. Choose each Monitor Matrix Output channel for the Source 1-6, and then Downmix Meter L and R for Source 7 and 8 respectively. [Patch – Output Patch] Assign the input microphones Next, we will patch the microphones to the MMP1’s Channel Strips, process those signals using EQ, Compressor etc., and send them to DAW inputs via Dante (earlier in 7-1.
[Patch - Output Patch] Configure Bass Management Regarding the bass management (that we have turned on in the Setup Wizard), go to Speaker Matrix and you will see each channel with Low Pass Filter applied is sent to the LFE channel so you can adjust each trim, and also select the process type (IIR/FIR) and the filter slope of each channel in Settings – Speaker Matrix page.
[MMP1 Editor – Speaker Matrix] Now we have completed offline settings. Connect MMP1 and the PC via switch and run MMP1 Editor to synchronize it with MMP1. Click on the sync icon at the top right.
Choose the NIC (network interface) to connect to MMP1with, and the MMP1 units that can be connected are shown in the Device area. As we are sending the data we have just created to the MMP1 unit this time, Click on “CONNECT (Editor -> MMP2)” button. [MMP1 Editor – Select MMP1] Then the synchronization will begin.
When the synchronization is finished, the green icon on the MMP1 Editor will light so it indicates that MMP1 and MMP1 Editor are online. [MMP1 Editor – Online status] 6-3. Configuring MMP1 Controller Here we are going to learn how to connect iPad to MMP1, and how to configure them so you can remotely control MMP1 from MMP1 Controller. Wireless connection with iPad In case you want to connect iPad to MMP1 wireless, use a Wifi access point.
[Apple AirPort Utility] You will see warning messages when you connect the PC to the AirMac such as no Internet Connection and No DNS Servers, simply ignore those messages. Click on the AirMac icon and you will see an popup window. And click on Edit button. Type a name for the Base Station and the password for it.
Next, set the password for WiFi connection in the Wireless page. For Wireless Security, choose “WPA/WPA2 Personal”. [AirPort Utility - Wireless] In the Network tab, make sure you choose “Off (Bridge Mode)” as Router Mode. [AirPort Utility - Network] Now the AirMac is configured and next we are going to connect the iPad to this AirMac wireless. Open Setting and turn the WiFi on.
[Settings - Wi-Fi] When you choose the AirMac, you will see the “No Internet Connection” message, there will be no problem.
Tap on MMP1 Controller icon and MMP1 Controller will run. [Yamaha MMP1 Controller] Tap on the icon at the upper right-hand corner for synchronizing MMP1 Controller and MMP1.
When you see the following screen, tap on “Connect” and the synchronization will occur. [Select MMP1 - Wireless] Now the MMP1 Controller is online and you can remotely control MMP1 from it.
Wired connection with iPad In order to connect iPad via LAN cable, you will need to use the two adapters described earlier and configure iPad connected to the switch. Make sure “Apple USB Ethernet Adapter” is shown, tap on that and you will see the IP address and other setting in the next page (in this example, we are using Auto IP addressing so make sure each IP address is set at 169.254.xxx.yyy with the subnet mask of 255.255.0.0).
Run MMP1 Controller and tap on the icon at the top right-hand corner and the following window will open. Tap on “Wired” and make sure the device name and the IP address of the MMP1 are shown. Tap on “Connect” button and the synchronization will occur. [Select MMP1 - Wired] Now the MMP1, MMP1 Editor and MMP1 Controller are online and you are ready to get started.
